Austria vs Spain: Military personnel as a share of total population

Austria
0.3%
in 2022
Spain
0.3%
in 2022
Austria rank
93rd
Spain rank
90th

Military personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Austria
  • Spain
00.511.52181619192022

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 88 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Spain ahead.

Austria ranks 93rd and Spain ranks 90th of 194 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Spain Difference Ahead
1910s 0.5% 1.1% 0.6% Spain
1920s 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% Spain
1930s 0.4% 1.1% 0.6% Spain
1950s 0.3% 1.5% 1.2% Spain
1960s 0.7% 1.1% 0.4% Spain
1970s 0.7% 1.0% 0.4% Spain
1980s 0.6% 0.9% 0.3% Spain
1990s 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% Austria
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% Austria
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% Spain
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, Austria or Spain?
Spain, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Austria as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Austria and Spain?
0.0%, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?
88 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2022.
How do Austria and Spain rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
Austria ranks 93rd and Spain ranks 90th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Austria vs Spain: Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid, drawing on Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/austria/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/austria/spain/">Austria vs Spain: Military personnel as a share of total population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

Ratio of military personnel to total population, expressed as a percentage.